True, there's already a nag named Hillary.
Posted on 08/07/2007 12:57:59 PM PDT by Trust but Verify
Liberals love scandals, whether they're true or not. IIRC, comparisons of DNA from Sally Hemings' clan proved that they were not Thomas Jefferson's descendants, but in a lineage from a different member of the family. Other historical accounts had Hemmings leaving the Thomas Jefferson home before she reached puberty.
My take is that the big reason this Jefferson/Hemmings story got legs is idiot democrats trying to make everyone look as bad as Clinton.
I thought it was determined that the DNA trace was to “a Jefferson male” (they just couldn’t tell which). Sally herself was the half-sister of Thomas Jefferson’s beloved late wife (his father-in-law having fathered Sally with a slave and her maternal grandfather was a White sea captain), and was 3/4ths White. The claim that TJ might’ve had intimate relations with her given all this is certainly not beyond the realm of likelihood. But do we know 100% ? Nope.
True, there's already a nag named Hillary.
Like it.
Of course it does. He can name his horse anything he wants.
But he cannot force The Jockey Club, a private society, to enroll a horse with that name in their records.
....does anyone have a “Leering J@CK@@$”/Mule.
NO doubt, her mudder was a mudder; her father was a mudder. Oh ya, they like the slop.
It looks like the better headline would be Court agrees Jockey Club can set naming standards for itself.
This guy is going to a lot of trouble and not using his brain. If he wants to honor Sally Hemings, he could name the horse “Sally H” or if he is trying to poke fun at The issue of Thomas Jefferson for having an African lover, he could name the horse “ThomsBabe” or similar.
There is a long tradition of strange names for race horses. Also, some owners like to pull pranks that strain the pronunciational abilities of track announcers. That's one reason there are so many rules governing the naming of horses, such as the number of letters or syllables in the name.
Dan Galbreath had a racehorse named Roberto, after Clemente.
Clydesdales have long, strong, unflabby legs. Take it back, you cur.
True that, Clydesdales are fine strong beautiful creatures worth their weight in gold.
Unlike the old horses ass known as Hillery.
In proportion, Clydesdales have better legs than Betty Grable, I agree.
Drop those onto a Chairman Mao pant suited heifer and they ain't pretty (was my point)
Cur? Varlet, please. But a cur?
"To be sure, the First Amendment protects horse owners' rights to free speech, and we do not foreclose Mr. Redmond indiscriminately from asserting that right, but the right to free speech is not absolute in all contexts," Batchelder wrote.
Badger:
What say ye?
As others have said, Redmond can call his horse anything he wants. But if he wants to race it at a public track, "names that may be offensive to religious, political or ethnic groups" won't be approved.
It's common sense, and common law under our 'fighting words' type codes.
Now, - its your turn, -- what say you?
He should appeal. As a quite literal gatekeeper for the state, they aren’t really a private organization.
I agree with the Club. It’s their club and their right to have the rules for their members. He can call his horse anything he wants, but to race it must have a “club approved” name. (as an aside, many horses have 2 names anyway, one for the papers and one for the owners’ privately. This is not government suppression of “Free Speech” by any s-t-r-e-t-c-h. Coming around the far side, or not....
Since you *can* obtain “special permission” to use names of famous or notorious people do you think if the owner was a black woman they’d not grant such permission? Remember, they’re a literal gatekeeper for the state here and as such should not be allowed the broad rights afforded to truly private organizations.
So you agree he has a "blanket protection" for free speech in his private name for his horse?
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